Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“Super simple and straightforward”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-16

Checks (re-run on this request)

✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 2882354328

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): f5687ec538fc842445d6f09eb3382616bcaba1062e34c483efb8f3909c2f7fb2
Signature (Ed25519, base64): LSqjWzwaxcey0G8uRudbTDkpur5tj8N2jRq0xkJs8OhGlEPqyCGv3eHj3/qXLhSPfWbAEnqLZ+HdF2i9fAEfDA==
Merkle root: a893faa173c6b378c8d050262e841ab57fdd89b71985eabc0906c40abd5b6a6c
Merkle path: ["f567c792155d39133987d849889bcdf4b56ee1db1d76b406438301fde4287d49","45bbd3d8978a2ca49edd806d62926294c4d100d8b2db41ba7c7a02d575080441","975fc24de90ea7f787877c71ff38ce259dbf948615b6174aeb2a95ad69110956","91a8d837a0378340b79d0ee677954c15218471d857ac54f0c4b00890cadffc64","9581ec8617ce6e37f06272022e1f203f3f8dd4e63dd94f2766305a857ebbcbd5","d79df44e000d5460306f372e4a06cfd4245fd051ddff939b59f6f7b5731a583d","30bea226496526b05989bfef1ec334f357a5b4d5bce08859aa9bc423bcf56b0a","bc59ce15a960032b93dfd08760eba10b703f0880984c6b0cf918c0d4d2295951","dedeb3eda1bbbb1764b53a0c284aa2176b448376afaa87de01aa77998a93b587","1bc8eaaada2ea7b57fa8c3aab1b399347249ecdc674410ad78abc050d520d119","78f97885e13d30edabfcf991eee61e6cbf4dec594bc33512836dd7389e26c48d","1fc33f42dc35de199363a0769df48782d994933f89f7e5730f05c9bd390125f6","142316fcc45d8fbb9a33df6e9be8f563650927c4e612ee96d4bcac9064ee60c4"]
Anchored: 2026-09-18
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2882354328 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a08a7…
Expected log hash: 5510a497abfe2e680a39c301b0d905c2a575bae0a1f389fbdd7b86babf05240f The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.
Canonical record: {"dataset_version":"v1789619628558","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:taxfix/ordering/en","quote":"Super simple and straightforward","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-16","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.taxfix","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (a893faa173c6…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.